Wednesday, December 17, 2008

EDITED TO ADD - I realize now that my pictures aren't showing up right. I guess I made them too big and need to resize. I'll try to do that later, but now children are beckoning!

Well, we're back. :-(

Really, I was SO ready to get back and see the girls. We had a great vacation, but I missed them and couldn't wait to see them again! After one day of being back home, I was ready to be on vacation again. :-)

We are in "de-tox" mode with Bethany. Landry did great and is still the happy little baby she always was. Bethany, on the other hand, is a little bit rotten. The girls were split up between the 2 grandparents for the week, so she was an only child. My dad was off work all week, my mom was home and my sister took her for a day/night. So, she got LOTS and LOTS of attention. One on one (sometimes two on one) attention for a week. She's spoiled rotten. I guess, as my sister says, that's what I get for going off to Mexico on vacation!

But, I know this isn't what you all want to know. You want to know, "HOW WAS THE TRIP????" It was awesome! Wonderful. Fabulous. Perfect. The weather was beautiful a few days and a few it was a little cooler than hoped, but still very nice. I'll share some pics, but there are a lot, so just skip over some if you get bored!

By the way, we went with our friends Brooke and Kyle. We thought it would be fun to go with another couple and it worked out great. We did a lot of stuff on our own, but it was fun to have another couple to do stuff with, too!

I promise - I'll try to do a condensed "slideshow," but I'm not really good at narrowing down pics!

In the aiport in Cancun - the boys are SUPER excited, can't you tell?

Our first morning at the resort - on our way to breakfast and then the POOL!!!

Brooke and me working off the margaritas by doing water aerobics. We only did it once. :)

Raymond and Kyle worked really hard while we were exercising.

WOW - I didn't realize we were THAT white!!!

Out at the "beach." It wasn't really a beach - more a lagoon. It was beautiful, though.

Dinner for 4 at the Mediterranean restaurant. YUM!

The cabana where I had my ocean breeze massage.

Silliness on the last night at Paco's Tacos.

Well, WE were cute, anyway.

We kept trying to get a picture of the 4 of us, but the waiter wouldn't leave!

A couple nights we played 42 into the wee hours of the morning (midnight).

Proof that the girls beat the guys TWICE!!!

The swim up bar! A feature of the resort we didn't get to use like we would have liked since it wasn't very warm. That water was FRIGID!!!

And that's all folks! I'd go into more detail, but BOTH kids just woke up at the same time. Fun times.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Tuesday morning we are flying out to Cancun for a vacation! We are staying at The Occidental Grand Xcaret. Sooooo...I won't be around blogging for awhile! We fly back home Sunday evening, so maybe next week I'll get around to posting some pics. That is, after I get readjusted to real life! Wish me luck leaving the baby for a week. Does it make me a bad mom that I'm really not sad to leave the 3 year old? Honestly, she's going to have so much fun. My parents and my sister have so many fun things planned to do with her and I know she's going to have a blast. Of course I'll miss her, but I don't really feel sad to leave her. Landry, on the other hand, I do feel a little sad about. She's so innocent AND she's getting sick (nasty cold - again), so she's a little bit extra fussy. Good luck Gram!

Well, wish us luck! Don't get too cold while we're gone basking in the sun!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

It's been awhile since I've posted one of these. That's not to say Bethany hasn't said anything "blog-worthy." She pretty much does on a daily basis. I just don't always get around to it. But, today's quotes definitely have to be recorded. There was a sweet one and two funny ones. I think I'll start with the funny and end with the sweet!

1) Tonight Bethany was "helping" me clear out/organize a room. Out of the blue she says, "I really like to be annoying." Well, that sure explains a lot!

2) After Bethany was already in bed (and had numerous chances to go potty - none of which she took), she decided she needed to go potty. So she got her spank for not going when I gave her the chance, cried a bit - just enough to make me think that it hurt, but I don't think it really did, and made her way to the potty. As she's sitting there, swinging her legs, waiting to do her business, she looks at me and says very matter of factly, "Mommy. How do you tie a bow?" Through my laughter I told her I'd show her tomorrow but it was time for bed!

3) Today when I picked Bethany up from Mother's Day Out, her teacher stopped me to tell me something Bethany said. There were 5 kids in her class today. At snack time they only had 2 paper plates. Barbara (the teacher) asked the kids what they were going to do since they only had 2 plates and 5 kids. Most of them started saying, "Give one to me," or "I want one!" Barbara suggested that they cut the plates in half. They did so, and passed out the plates. Then Barbara showed them that one little boy, Luke, still didn't have a plate. She asked the kids what they could do. Bethany said, "You can cut MY plate in half and give it to Luke!" After she told me that story, she patted me on the shoulder and said, "You have a great kid." I have to admit, I was a little bit teary-eyed after that. :-)